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A20 crash in Dover on 23 February 1998 at 17:30 involving a Skoda Favorit

A Skoda Favorit crashed on the A20 in Dover at 17:30 on Monday 23 February 1998. The 18-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Feb 1998
Monday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Skoda Favorit
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09981, longitude 1.20644, in the CT18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Capel-le-Ferne.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199846SK03361
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Favorit

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Favorit)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199846SK03361 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dover road accident statistics for 1998.